Postage of slabs

[trout]

Yeah? hows that Trout?

99% of the time I crack the coin out to add to my collections.
The slabs are great for authenticity, grading and most importantly the coin doesn't suffer due to lousy handling by the postal staff.
At the end of the day all I want is the COIN :ok:
In reality slabs are great to get value for your coin when you sell it, but as a collector the logistics of having my entire collection in slabs is far too hard.
I can house up to 300 coins in one PP  Album, Imagine the space needed to house 300 slabs and the added expense to get them slabbed :dash1: :angel:

[lacey]

That's  true and they certainly do take up a lot of space.

But I just unloaded some slabs last night and I will sell off my shillings for Thursday week.

[markn]

99% of the time I crack the coin out to add to my collections.
The slabs are great for authenticity, grading and most importantly the coin doesn't suffer due to lousy handling by the postal staff.
At the end of the day all I want is the COIN :ok:
In reality slabs are great to get value for your coin when you sell it, but as a collector the logistics of having my entire collection in slabs is far too hard.
I can house up to 300 coins in one PP  Album, Imagine the space needed to house 300 slabs and the added expense to get them slabbed :dash1: :angel:

You are doing your family a dis-service.  You halved the value of that proclamation ducat you purchased from PPH the second you cracked it out of the slab.  If you (god forbid) got hit by a bus tomorrow that's several hundred dollars your family doesn't get.  Just because you don't like how much space it takes up.

[Fulvio]

If you (god forbid) got hit by a bus tomorrow that's several hundred dollars your family doesn't get.

A mere drop in the ocean though. There must be tens of thousands of vanished value in those 2x2's. :diablo:

[trout]

99% of the time I crack the coin out to add to my collections.
The slabs are great for authenticity, grading and most importantly the coin doesn't suffer due to lousy handling by the postal staff.
At the end of the day all I want is the COIN :ok:
In reality slabs are great to get value for your coin when you sell it, but as a collector the logistics of having my entire collection in slabs is far too hard.
I can house up to 300 coins in one PP  Album, Imagine the space needed to house 300 slabs and the added expense to get them slabbed :dash1: :angel:

You are doing your family a dis-service.  You halved the value of that proclamation ducat you purchased from PPH the second you cracked it out of the slab.  If you (god forbid) got hit by a bus tomorrow that's several hundred dollars your family doesn't get.  Just because you don't like how much space it takes up.

With all due respect Mark.
It is MY coin and how I choose to collect is my personal business .
The ducat is in great condition and will remain so, Just because it isn't in a slab doesn't mean it isn't an uncirculated coin.
I am sorry if you think that a coin that isn't in a slab is worthless.
I love my coins and I look after them well, Just because I CHOOSE to crack the coins out doesn't make me stupid, It makes me a collector and not an investor.
It is NOT all about the space, I like to be able to handle and see my coins and if it is entombed in a chunk of plastic I may as well just collect pictures of the coins.
I may be a Dinosaur in yours and other collectors eyes but I collect simply for the enjoyment and for me it is NOT about the money .
I have absolutely NO problem buying a slabbed coin ( as long as the price isn't inflated because of the slab) and I tend to look at the coin and NOT the slab, After all I simply want/need that particular coin for one of my collections.

I consider you as a Mate Mark so let us not get into the slabbing punch up again, Some of us Hate them and some of us Love them.
Lets leave it at that :ok:

[Fulvio]

may as well just collect pictures of the coins.

Now THERE's a thought!

Cheaper, Easier, Doesn't need much space, AND you can back up your whole collection really easily, in case of burglars.

LOVE IT! :wavemulticolor:

[Unicorn]

Geez I dunno Fulvio ..... I hear there's a lot of counterfeit photos going around!!!

[purplepennyhunter]

Is that not how the Rare Coin Co went down?
"Here's a beautiful picture of a .........."

[markn]

I consider you as a Mate Mark so let us not get into the slabbing punch up again, Some of us Hate them and some of us Love them.
Lets leave it at that :ok:

My statements were designed to provoke exactly that reaction.  You don't like being told what to do by someone else and fair enough.  But keep that in mind when considering your comments in the other thread.  They were deplorable and did YOU a dis-service.  I know you have a philosophy of saying what you think but PLEASE think before you do it.  There is a real person behind each username on this forum and not everyone is as thick skinned as you or I.  

BTW I don't think we've had a slabbing punch up on this forum.  No point, that particular horse is well flogged.

[Fulvio]

Aww... you guys are gonna make me feel all warm and fuzzy....

Knock it off already!

[trout]

If you (god forbid) got hit by a bus tomorrow that's several hundred dollars your family doesn't get.

A mere drop in the ocean though. There must be tens of thousands of vanished value in those 2x2's. :diablo:

That may be the case at the moment But in 10-20 years all the coins you have in them stupid cardboard foldovers will be toned and ugly.
Whereas the coins I have put into 2x2's will still be pristine :ok:
It's ALL about the coin for me Mate :yahoo:

[robbiegal]

hey guys
let's respect what and how people here collect

it's about sharing the hobby & ideas on collecting numismatics,
 for those who like to enjoy the photography side of our collecting - taking pics - whether they be ace professional shots or blurry old 2 mp pics

no one is the winner here

and all that I see about to happen is people who seem to me to have enjoyed each others' company - are getting rubbed up the wrong way

and I think that is bad karma for the forum

[trout]

no one is the winner here

 and all that I see about to happen is people who seem to me to have enjoyed each others' company - are getting rubbed up the wrong way

 and I think that is bad karma for the forum

I have to disagree with you RG :heart:
I would happily sit down an have a coffee/beer with Any member on this site and talk about numismatics :ok:

I do however appreciate and admire people that are willing to debate numismatics with Passion, Because without the passion there is NO point in collecting.

I do "Get It" that some people don't like other peoples views , But hay If we are all the same What is the point of discussion anyway ?
None of us think and collect the same way and that is what makes collecting and discussing issues SOOO interesting.

[Fulvio]

None of us think and collect the same way and that is what makes collecting and discussing issues SOOO interesting.

:i_agree: While taking the mickey out of some people, like say Trout and AJ, is tremendous fun, a sport even, at the end of the day we all have our interests and ways of doing things. And that should be respected.

That said, discussions... arguments even, are a good thing, because they present alternative viewpoints we may not have thought of on our own.

Take Coffin Cheater Trout for example... While part of me cringes at the sheer waste of throwing away the time, effort and money that went into entombing a coin, I do find the way they're presented by the sheetfull quite attractive. An attractiveness that I doubt would be there in their individual plastic bricks. Its why I would never get a coin slabbed, even if there was money to be made from it. At some point in the future I *might* buy one, maybe, but don't hold your breath. And that's due in no small part to Trout's collection and evangelism.

When I share what I do and how I do it, its not meant to beat people into submission. Its simply documenting my findings at that particular point in time. I don't really care whether anybody goes along with it or not. I know *I* appreciate seeing what people are up to, whether it aligns with my interests or not.

[trout]

None of us think and collect the same way and that is what makes collecting and discussing issues SOOO interesting.

:i_agree: While taking the mickey out of some people, like say Trout and AJ, is tremendous fun, a sport even, at the end of the day we all have our interests and ways of doing things. And that should be respected.

That said, discussions... arguments even, are a good thing, because they present alternative viewpoints we may not have thought of on our own.

Take Coffin Cheater Trout for example... While part of me cringes at the sheer waste of throwing away the time, effort and money that went into entombing a coin, I do find the way they're presented by the sheetfull quite attractive. An attractiveness that I doubt would be there in their individual plastic bricks. Its why I would never get a coin slabbed, even if there was money to be made from it. At some point in the future I *might* buy one, maybe, but don't hold your breath. And that's due in no small part to Trout's collection and evangelism.

When I share what I do and how I do it, its not meant to beat people into submission. Its simply documenting my findings at that particular point in time. I don't really care whether anybody goes along with it or not. I know *I* appreciate seeing what people are up to, whether it aligns with my interests or not.

Thanks Mate
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